No, they don't perceive him to be the most conservative. They perceive him as the only defense against the Romney boogie-man. And in the process, they have talked themselves into believing that McNewt is a conservative, just as they did with McCain four years ago.
The sad thing here is that Romney has no shot at winning the nomination despite the fact that he is actually running to the right of Newt Gingrich.
“The sad thing here is that Romney has no shot at winning the nomination..”
What’s sad about that?
Maybe that is because his record is to the left of Obama?
Do you really think conservatives trust a word that comes out of Romney's mouth?
Isn’t it the height of irony that the forgiveness is flowing, and benefit of the doubt cards are being strewn in Newt’s path, and yet not one person has it in his/her heart to forgive Santorum for his sweater vests?